Senior Operations Strategy Lead - CLEARED

The Squires Group•Arlington, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Operations Strategy Lead will work a hybrid schedule at the Pentagon, supporting a major branch of the Armed Forces through a global integrator. The role develops and implements enterprise-wide Civil Engineer Operations policies, strategies, governance, and modernization initiatives. It analyzes infrastructure and readiness challenges, coordinates with stakeholders across Air Force and DoD organizations, and drives business transformation to improve installation sustainment, resilience, and operational effectiveness. Candidates must be U.S. citizens with an active Secret clearance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
At least 15 years of experience supporting large-scale government programs, preferably in Air Force Civil Engineer or DoD environments.
U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance.
Demonstrated experience supporting Civil Engineer Operations, installation infrastructure management, facility sustainment, maintenance, utilities, asset management, or related mission areas.
Experience developing and implementing strategy, policy, governance, and enterprise-level process improvements.
Experience coordinating complex programs and initiatives across multiple organizational levels and stakeholder organizations.
Strong knowledge of Civil Engineer Operations programs, infrastructure management, installation sustainment, and readiness principles.
Knowledge of Air Force Civil Engineer installation-level organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, relationships, and external stakeholder interactions.
Ability to interpret legislative direction, DoD policies, engineering standards, and organizational processes and translate them into practical solutions.
Experience defining project requirements and supporting programming, planning, and execution in complex government environments.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams, facilitate stakeholder coordination, build consensus, and advise senior clients and organizational partners.
Strong strategy and policy development skills, including connecting strategic objectives with executable operational initiatives.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including developing concise, decision-ready products for senior leadership and GO/SES-level audiences.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills.
Ability to independently research, learn, and apply new technical and non-technical concepts.

Nice To Haves

Retired or separated Air Force experience.
Familiarity with ESMS, NexGen IT, TRIRIGA, BUILDER, or similar enterprise asset and infrastructure management systems.
Knowledge of Civil Engineer equipment and vehicle validation, modernization, and advocacy processes.
Experience supporting Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, interagency organizations, or other enterprise-level partners.
Experience collaborating with Headquarters Air Force Civil Engineer organizations, AFCEC, AFIMSC, MAJCOMs, FIELDCOMs, and installation stakeholders to analyze challenges and implement strategic solutions.
Experience with process modeling, simulation, business process reengineering, Lean or process-improvement methodologies, or organizational transformation.
Experience developing and executing enterprise-level implementation plans, POA&Ms, performance measures, and governance frameworks.
Experience supporting disaster response, recovery, and operational resilience programs.

Responsibilities

Develop, coordinate, and implement enterprise-wide Civil Engineer Operations policies, guidance, governance, and strategic initiatives supporting installation sustainment, readiness, resilience, and operational effectiveness.
Develop, coordinate, consolidate, and maintain Civil Engineer Operations governance and programmatic documentation, including directives, engineering standards, policies, procedures, implementation guidance, waiver processes, action plans, taskers, inquiry responses, and issue-resolution plans.
Support Civil Engineer Operations program areas, including utilities, facility maintenance, pavements and grounds, heavy equipment, work-order planning, asset management, supply and material control, service contracts, Condition-Based Maintenance, infrastructure assessments and modernization, and enterprise engineering systems.
Analyze operational challenges involving installation infrastructure, maintenance, utilities, asset management, and readiness; develop policy, process, and strategic recommendations.
Coordinate with Headquarters Air Force, MAJCOMs, FIELDCOMs, AFCEC, AFIMSC, installation organizations, and other DoD stakeholders to develop and implement strategies, policies, standards, modernization initiatives, and program criteria.
Facilitate governance forums, technical reviews, working groups, and stakeholder meetings; prepare briefings, executive summaries, after-action reports, meeting minutes, decision documents, and other leadership products.
Conduct program and trend analyses, compliance assessments, performance measurement, and requirements analysis; prepare executive correspondence, reports, and decision-ready recommendations.
Support planning, development, oversight, and execution of Civil Engineer Operations programs and modernization initiatives, including energy-related initiatives, overseas contingency operations policy, CBM, infrastructure condition assessments, ESMS, NexGen IT, TRIRIGA, and other asset management systems.
Synthesize complex operational, logistical, technical, and strategic inputs from multiple organizations into actionable recommendations and decision-ready products.
Coordinate engineering standards implementation, governance, modernization, and process improvements aligned with enterprise priorities and mission requirements.
Develop and maintain Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for strategic implementation objectives.
Translate strategic goals into executable tasks, milestones, performance measures, and resource requirements; track progress, identify risks and barriers, and develop mitigation strategies.
Monitor compliance with policies and directives, assess policy changes' effects on mission readiness and resource requirements, and recommend improvements.
Support business transformation and strategy implementation by connecting future-state strategies with current operational requirements and identifying process improvement and modernization opportunities.
Lead cross-functional coordination to resolve enterprise issues, integrate stakeholder requirements, build consensus, and advance strategic initiatives.
Support disaster response and recovery planning, coordination, and orchestration as required.
Identify opportunities to improve installation sustainment, infrastructure resilience, operational effectiveness, and resource utilization through policy, process, technology, and organizational improvements.
Provide senior leadership with status updates, risk assessments, recommendations, and other decision-support materials.